I can't speak for where you are, but here it is hard for long term unemployed to get work, when i was out of work for several years due to some family members deciding they knew better than me and pretty much making me move from my grandma's house into my mum's house (before I got to know the ex), due to transport where Mum lived it made it really hard to get work, then employers decided "you been out of work for a long time, plus you have mental health issues, we won't employ you" (the first one they actually said, second one was the thinks bubble above their heads)

It took me moving up here where I currently live, and my workplace opening up here, for a employer to finally give me a chance